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Human101948

(3,457 posts)
28. Like Hillary? Running a political Ponzi scheme to circumvent campaign contribution laws?
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 08:51 AM
Apr 2016

...A joint fundraising committee between the Clinton campaign and the DNC—called the Hillary Victory Fund—raised $26.9 million as of December 31, 2015, much of which has gone directly to the DNC and other Democratic candidates across the country. Thirty-three state Democratic parties signed pacts with Ms. Clinton’s campaign, meaning she is essentially buying support from Democratic leaders around the country. In short, the Clinton campaign controls the money and decides which states receive it after the campaign and the DNC get their cut. According to Bloomberg, New Hampshire received $124,000, where six out of six superdelegates supported Ms. Clinton while over 60 percent of the primary vote favored Mr. Sanders. Nevada and South Carolina also have pacts with the Hillary Victory Fund, where Ms. Clinton has already won support from three of Nevada’s eight superdelegates and three out of South Carolina’s six superdelegates.

The superdelegate system was enacted in the 1980s to give the Democratic Establishment more influence in determining the party’s presidential nominee, and as the DNC opens the floodgates to donations from special interests, the future of the party is auctioned off to the highest bidder. Unless Mr. Sanders can overcome the financial obstacles set by the Democratic National Committee to win the nomination, campaign finance reform and removing big money from politics will be a fantasy kept alive only on the party’s fringes.

http://observer.com/2016/02/how-the-dnc-helps-clinton-buy-off-superdelegates/

Thanks for the Nelson Mandela quote. I love to look to past leaders and past liberal_at_heart Mar 2016 #1
Bernie should donate downballot. It would help. nt msanthrope Mar 2016 #2
Like Hillary? Running a political Ponzi scheme to circumvent campaign contribution laws? Human101948 Apr 2016 #28
Yes.....and it's completely hypocritical of the BS campaign to complain msanthrope Apr 2016 #29
By getting in bed with lobbyists? Human101948 Apr 2016 #30
Monsanto paid Mr. Devine lots of cash....you don't seem to have a problem msanthrope Apr 2016 #31
Tad Devine is not my candidate... Human101948 Apr 2016 #32
No...Tad just manages your candiate. nt msanthrope Apr 2016 #33
Would settle for a new Sherriff in town One_Life_To_Give Mar 2016 #3
That's the challenge. Can 'the movement' outlast "the Bernie Sanders' campaign"? HereSince1628 Mar 2016 #4
Action often begets action. pat_k Mar 2016 #6
Health means this is almost certainly my last general election HereSince1628 Mar 2016 #7
I am so sorry to hear this. Your inspiring words are a gift. pat_k Mar 2016 #8
We will go back to issues politics and leave the names to themselves. artislife Mar 2016 #11
Man...I thought I was dying...had cancer angstlessk Mar 2016 #24
It's bernie who has to make his case for his run for President... dubyadiprecession Mar 2016 #5
His message is definitely not broken lunatica Mar 2016 #9
His message is NOT "broken"--but the Corporate Media is! Peace Patriot Mar 2016 #16
Not showing up to vote is not "fighting " hack89 Mar 2016 #10
Who said anything about not showing up to vote? pat_k Mar 2016 #12
Talking about Bernie 's failure in the primaries hack89 Mar 2016 #14
You see his amazing successes as failures. I do not. 'nough said. (nt) pat_k Mar 2016 #15
A revolution cannot be sustained by a small slice of society hack89 Mar 2016 #18
A revolution cannot be sustained without a leader who offers hope, Clinton tells us why we cannot .. slipslidingaway Mar 2016 #22
Bernie's problem is a lack of revolutionaries hack89 Mar 2016 #23
Going all the way to the convention is smart FreedomRain Mar 2016 #13
Great points! (nt) pat_k Mar 2016 #17
FBI leaks, delegate riots, Central American uprisings ... MisterP Mar 2016 #20
Thank you! Inspiring piece about perseverance, hope and making new alliances along the way slipslidingaway Mar 2016 #19
Well done! beltanefauve Mar 2016 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author pat_k Apr 2016 #25
Excellent post PatK ! I stand with you in this movement. jillan Apr 2016 #26
I agree. Immobility is part of the shock response. Many remain more or less immobilized, but a force highprincipleswork Apr 2016 #27
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